Trinity.
Catholic Doctrinal Concordance
This is very true. It also can depend on the “desired outcome”. If you want “anti-this or that history”…you can find “landfills” full of it with little trouble…and much of it on the internet. I can direct you to any number of sites that trash just about any religion you can name.
Rather than use the Catholic proofs that we embrace, I will use the following…and I believe that Mormons do place some stock in the teachings of Martin Luther, or am I wrong? At any rate, here is Martin Luther’s “take” on “The Blesses Virgin Mary”:
Do you believe that saints are just common ordinary and everyday people? Do you not believe that they are in fact special people who have lived exemplary Christian lives, even to the point of suffering martyrdom for Christ? Some denominations think anyone who “believes” is a saint… We just place a much higher value on the word. Perhaps going to this site and reading about some of the saints… catholic.org/saints/ will give you an idea about why they are “special”.
Just because it does not appear in the Bible, does not mean it is false. For instance…there is nothing in the Bible alluding to Mormonism, or many things about Mormon beliefs…so does that mean that Mormons are wrong?
That you don’t “buy it” (I think thats what you meant to say?)…has little to do with it all. Again, if you came to learn, then you need to open your mind to what is presented and actually take some time to read the information presented and give it some consideration…and if you still don’t buy it…thats ok. God gave man “free will”…and we are all free to exercise it.
How about if we see it from BOTH sides.? Then there MAY not be wars.
trinity is affirmed in the testimony of the witnesses to teh BoM and in the BoM itself. a case could be made for D&C support from the original if we use the LoF.
Even a disciple of John, Ignatius of Antioch, says Jesus is God and was One with the Father from all eternity:
You think giving birth to God, the Word made flesh, is something that happens to “regular” people? The Blessed Virgin’s uniqueness tells us more about the nature of her Son than it does about her.
All people in Heaven are saints, the saints* you* are referring to are people whom we can be certain are in Heaven and are held up as models for us to live Christian lives.
The “Saints” practice is not consistent with the Bible.
Well, at least Catholics and LDS can agree on that.
what “saints” practice are you referring to? (just want to be clear)
You obviously have not read the Catechism of The Catholic Church.
The Trinity is fully Scriptural.
Um. That’s the unfortunate “Johannine comma.” It does not appear in the most reliable manuscripts and seem to be a mediaeval insertion. The DO appear in the KJV, however.
Hmm, this is from the 1899 Douay-Rheims.
Also based on older manuscripts and not on the earlier ones discovered subsequently. Don’t forget, if you have the Challoner Douay-Rheims, Challoner relied heavily on the KJV – just as the original team that translated the KJV leaned on the Douay-Rheims New Testament that had been published a decade or so before . . .Hmm, this is from the 1899 Douay-Rheims.
No, there’s a little more. Check this out:
Erasmus’s third edition of 1522 contained one truly unfortunate innovation: The “Three Heavenly Witnesses” in 1 John 5:7-8. These were derived from the recently-written Codex 61, and (as the famous story goes) included by Erasmus “for the sake of his oath.” Sadly, they have been found in almost every TR edition since.Hmm, this is from the 1899 Douay-Rheims.